Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov to play in Russia

He is third from club to jump to the KHL.

CSKA Moscow, the team that is run by Sergei Fedorov, signed Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Bryzgalov to play for his team during the NHL lockout.

Talk about a coup.

Datsyuk originally was reported to be headed back to his former KHL team, AK Bars, but the team said it wouldn't sign any NHLers. That meant the dynamic playmaker was still without a KHL home, so in stepped one of its richest teams, CSKA.

Of course the connection between Datsyuk and Fedorov with their ties to the Red Wings probably didn't hurt in facilitating the move either.Bryzgalov is thus far the biggest name among the goalies to head to the KHL during the lockout.

The Flyers goalie had said before the lockout that he was going to head back to Russia to play, so it comes as no surprise.

Bryzgalov is the third Flyer to jump to the KHL thus far, joining Rusty Fedotenko and Jake Voracek.

On top of getting Datsyuk and Bryzgalov, CSKA might be finishing their three-player NHL allotment by nabbing the Maple Leafs' Mikhail Grabovski. If so, that's a heck of an NHL trio for Fedorov to land.

Grabovski obviously doesn't have the recognition that Datsyuk and Bryzgalov have, but by no means would he be an afterthought on the ice.

The arms race continues to the KHL. Of course, these are all players who don't actually need a paycheck, but I digress.